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The Hawks and the Sparrows is a 1966 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The Italian title is Uccellacci e uccellini.

The movie is a post-neorealist story about Totò, the beloved stone-faced clown of Italian folk-stories. Totò and his son, who is a bit of an idiot, meet a talking crow who spouts Marxism ideology and makes witty comments on the things they see. As the three travel through the countryside, they encounter various people. Among them is St. Francis of Assisi, who demands that they convert the crow to Catholicism. The movie is an allegory about how common people are often caught between the moral imperatives of the Catholic Church and Marxism.

Pasolini about his movie

Pasolini declared that Uccellacci e uccellini was his favourite film, as it was the only one that did not disappoint his expectations.

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